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In a world torn by hatred, injustice, and war, is there an answer to humanity’s quest for the good? Here is the true story of one man for whom this question was personal. Josef Ben-Eliezer was born in Germany to a Jewish family under the shadow of the Nazis. As a child he witnessed Hitler’s assault on Poland and then was forced into exile in Siberia, barely escaping with his life from starvation and disease as he made his way across southern Asia and finally arrived in the land of Israel.

Faced with the horror of the Holocaust, Josef was determined to fight for the independence of his new homeland. But the inhumanity of war continued to pursue him, along with the question: Why can’t men and women live together in peace?

This is a fascinating account of survival against all odds, but it is more than that: the story of one man’s search for the answers to the ultimate questions that, one way or another, face us all.

Acclaim

A fascinating account…This story makes for absorbing reading – it’s hard to put down and harder to forget.

Robin Merkel, Yad Tabenkin Research and Documentation Center

This powerful book tells the story of a remarkable life – one lived with great honesty and deep conviction, in strong connection to Judaism, Israel, and the Kibbutz movement. It teaches us important lessons about what love and friendship mean. Highly recommended.

I've just finished reading My Search. Testimonials, for me, always have such an impact. There is often something in a personal story that one can relate to and I sensed, with some familiarity, his constant need to keep searching for something...Read More

Review of My Search

I've just finished reading My Search. Testimonials, for me, always have such an impact. There is often something in a personal story that one can relate to and I sensed, with some familiarity, his constant need to keep searching for something which, at times, even he could not quite put his finger on. Relief all round then that he found it through The Bruderhof! Sometimes we keep going round in circles, the answer always there, right in the middle, and we cannot see it for looking! I wonder if he ever thought about why he didn't find The Bruderhof sooner? Of course, timing is always so important and no doubt he was ready, by then, to be guided.

Andrea Grosso Ciponte and Dacia Palmerino

Andreas Knapp

Dorothy Day

Andreas Steinhöfel

The Bruderhof

Plough is the publishing house of the Bruderhof, an international community of people seeking to follow Jesus together. Members of the Bruderhof are committed to a way of radical discipleship in the spirit of the Sermon on the Mount. Inspired by the first church in Jerusalem, they renounce private property and share everything in common in a life of service to God, one another, and neighbors near and far. Learn more or arrange a visit